Chasing the Dog in Etruria and Anatolia

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13 - Chasing the Dog in Etruria and Anatolia

Connections, Context, and Meaning

from Part V - Shared and Distinct Iconographies

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023

Lisa C. Pieraccini

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Elizabeth P. Baughan and

Lisa C. Pieraccini

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Elizabeth P. Baughan: Affiliation:
University of Richmond, Virginia
Lisa C. Pieraccini: Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley

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Close examination of Etruscan and Anatolian depictions of dogs from the sixth century BCE reveals curious connections and a common artistic language. In fact, the context, medium, and style of dogs are so strikingly similar that these depictions merit review not just for their shared artistic styles but also customs and values. Dogs at banquets, chariot races, and hunting scenes speak to analogous aristocratic practices in two distinctly different regions. The premise for this study is not necessarily to discover who did what first, because our evidence from the ancient world is so fragmentary, but to explore how these two regions, separated by quite a distance, practiced artistic exchange. One exceptional example of a very unique dog-lead shows that technology was also shared vis-à-vis dogs. Since poetry and monuments have dominated the discourse in ancient Mediterranean studies for centuries, such topics as comparing detailed depictions of dogs can further enhance our understanding of exchange in the ancient Mediterranean.

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Dogs banquets chariot races hunting tomb paintings terracotta reliefs cylinder seals Phersu elite lifestyles dog collars

Type: Chapter
Information: Etruria and Anatolia
Material Connections and Artistic Exchange
, pp. 234 - 249

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009151016.020 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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